proper

About 55.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Suitable. Suited or acceptable to the purpose or circumstances; fit, suitable. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   the proper time to plant potatoes

2. adjective Suited or acceptable to the purpose or circumstances; fit, suitable. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   the proper time to plant potatoes

3. adjective Following the established standards of behavior or manners; correct or decorous.

   a very proper young lady

4. adjective Such that the preimage of every compact set is compact.
5. adjective Continuous, mapping closed sets to closed sets, and such that the preimage of every point is compact.
6. adjective Separated, of finite type, and universally closed.
7. adjective Such that unique morphism from the variety to k is proper (as above).
8. adjective Such that every closed ball is compact.

Similar words

appropriate suitable seemly decent comme il faut decorous specific real fitting becoming

Often followed by

to place and for time names use name way

Word family

properer properest properness propernesses propers